This blog has served as a place to reflect and analyze on my journey to flipped learning in my high school math classes from 2011-2014.
While I have transitioned to a role as a Digital Learning Coach, this blog still hosts my reflections from 3 years of flipping as well as thoughts from my new journey as a coach and support to teachers in their journey of effectively integrating technology into their curriculum.
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iPods great for individual work, iPads great for sharing and collaboration

I really really really hope I am able to use our new iPad cart next year several times. They are so great for students creating their own videos, and I know there are a lot of apps that would help my Algebra 1 students out in a "fun" way.

Four main purposes of the ipod/ipad in the classroom

Great for exploring, collaborating, consolidating, creating

Getting set

Class sets vs BYOD

Class sets are managed and we don't have to teach a lot of different
brands (like graphing calcs). Making sure students don't change settings
and stuff

BYOD is good because students are more familiar with them and may not need as much help.

Which apps or resources are you going to use?

If you are using specific apps, sometimes BYOD doesn't work as well
because students will have to download app, what if app is only on one
device, etc

Some apps keep track of student progress, so you want them to use the same exact device every time

Have devices for students to borrow in this case.

Airserver: a tool to make your laptop behave like an AppleTV. Project a
wireless signal for your classroom. $12 program, can run on 5 computers

Establishing routines

Great expectations and respect (students always have to take the same number)

Show and tell

Ask three before you ask me

iPods down, eyes up (iPods FACE down!!)

EXPLORING

let them play (they are going to do it, so give them time at first!!)

Appropriate scaffolding

Manageable challenges

What if?

Teachers shared what they did when students misused privileges. Some teachers went to the extreme that students lost their privileges for the rest of the school year (that's a little too much for me!), whereas others had more reasonable discipline procedures, such as losing it for the day or the chapter.

Share what you discovered

Sometimes students find the coolest things that we didn't even know about - let them share with you and with each other!

COLLABORATING

Paired practice and peer support. Share with each other!

Challenges, look for consensus

Justify your answers and decisions

CONSOLIDATING.

Giving them a chance to become confident with something

1. Centers

2. Individual learning goals

Self directed

Curriculum linked

Mastery, then fluency (it doesn't matter how fast you go if you are not accurate)

This is something my kids struggle with - they want to get it done fast no matter how many they get wrong. With some apps, there are "timers" on them that encourage them to do just that. We need to remind our students that they need to make the best use of their practice time by focusing on mastery and not speed (fluency)

Support assessment

CREATING.

Show what you know

Comic life

Explain everything

I like EduCreations, although I know that Explain Everything, ShowMe, and ScreenChomp all have similar features. I have found that I can just give my students the iPad with EduCreations and they can figure it out. I'm sure they could do the same with the other three apps, there are just a lot more buttons to play around with that might get distracting and have them waste time.

Apply, analyze, and synthesize

Problem solving

Visualize, represent

Coaching

Not explaining to ME, but explaining to someone that does not know!!!

This is something I need to remind my students of when they are making their own videos next year -- they need to include enough description/ oral metacognition to help a student who doesn't know what to do!!!

Overall, this session was focused on using the apps that the presenters created (MathTappers). The apps have some good aspects to them and I could see my low Algebra 1 students using them. As with any app, I think they will be most helpful/beneficial when all students have a device they can be using at once.